Chapter 665: Chapter 263: Who Can See a Dao Crystal and Not Be Tempted?

With each breath, the Demon Beast drew an extremely faint wisp of Evil Qi into its body, replenishing its slowly fading life force.

It wasn’t sleeping at all. It was using the Qingqiong Fiend to heal itself!

Incredible!

The Moon Witch Race had previously known to proactively use Evil Qi as a defense for Wu Ling.

And now, it seemed some predecessor was using Evil Qi to help a Demon Beast heal.

’Guess there really is no shortage of clever people in this world, huh?’

Everyone was realizing that aside from triggering a Demonic Calamity, perhaps Evil Qi could be put to better use.

It just seemed that for now, the Lord of the Profound Celestial Immortal Palace was a bit further along this path.

After getting a clear look at the situation, more questions immediately surfaced in Xiao Chen’s mind.

For example, who exactly had set up the Array here to channel the Evil Qi?

And what was the relationship between the Cangran Secret Realm and that Demon Beast?

If this place was built just to save that one Demon Beast, then that was a truly grand gesture!

But despite his many questions, there was one thing he understood perfectly.

The Demon Beast below could barely fend for itself, so it couldn’t possibly spare any attention for him.

In other words, Xiao Chen could now safely go down and collect the Dao Crystal.

And that Storage Ring, too.

’Heck, he could probably even consider siphoning off a bit of the Qingqiong Fiend for himself.’

’After all, there was so much Evil Qi here. He only needed to take a small portion.’

’Or, at most, just a little bit more than that.’

Xiao Chen immediately descended into the basin and picked up the Dao Crystal and the Storage Ring.

With this Dao Crystal in hand, he had now acquired a total of three.

His haul alone was almost comparable to the combined haul of all participants from past excursions into the Secret Realm.

This was undoubtedly a cause for great celebration.

However, Xiao Chen had no time to be happy about it.

Because as he drew closer to the basin’s floor, the surrounding Qingqiong Fiend had already begun to invade his body of its own accord.

He took a few steps to the side, immediately sat down cross-legged, and began actively circulating the Mystic Sky Eating Secret Technique to absorb the Qingqiong Fiend on the periphery.

It turned out his earlier judgment was completely correct.

The Demon Beast seemed completely unaware that the peripheral Evil Qi was disappearing.

After all, drawn by the Array, the Evil Qi at the very center of the basin was still coiled tightly around it, providing a continuous supply for its healing.

Of course, it was also possible that it had already noticed something was amiss.

But either it couldn’t spare the effort, or its injuries were too severe for it to attack Xiao Chen.

This much was certain; after all, if its injuries weren’t so severe, why would it need such an extravagant method of Healing?

The Evil Qi here wasn’t as concentrated as in the Yellow Springs Traveling Palace, and there was also interference from the pull of the Array.

As a result, Xiao Chen’s absorption was inevitably affected.

This caused his overall absorption speed to slow down considerably.

But that was fine. When it came to important matters like this, he had always been very patient.

「Five days passed in the blink of an eye.」

Thanks to Xiao Chen’s tireless efforts, he had absorbed nearly half of the Evil Qi within the basin.

Finally, he succeeded in condensing a brand-new Yang Wood Seal within his Dantian.

The instant the Yang Wood Seal formed, it automatically overlapped with the already-condensed Yin Wood Seal.

The two merged, forming an exceptionally profound pattern.

Xiao Chen used his Divine Sense to look within himself. In that pattern, he seemed to see the forms of every plant and tree he had ever laid eyes on.

"Excellent. Another Half-Finished Nascent Soul success rate is in my grasp."

’To be honest, I never expected the second pair I’d complete would be the Yin Yang Wood Fiend.’

’It’s not like the Yin Yang Water Fiend. I got the Yellow Springs Fiend ages ago, but I still haven’t found its other half.’

"You’d think water would be the last thing the Eastern Domain is short on. It makes no sense to be stuck on this one."

Xiao Chen sighed, deciding he would investigate the relevant intelligence thoroughly after he got out.

He quickly withdrew his Divine Sense, stood up, and prepared to leave at once.

Even though he had stopped actively absorbing the Qingqiong Fiend, the surrounding Evil Qi was still seeping through his Magic Robe and into his body of its own accord.

’But now that he had the Yang Wood Seal, there was no need to absorb any more Evil Qi.’

’The main reason being, any extra Evil Qi would be useless to him anyway.’

’Besides, if he accidentally provoked the Demon Beast, a single casual strike from it would probably be enough to trigger his Blade of Night.’

’And as he’d told himself before, it was best not to waste a life-saving trump card like that unless it was the most critical, most dangerous moment.’

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